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What are the tests for coronary artery disease?

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Several test.: There are several tests for coronary artery disease. A thorough history and physical exam, ekg, ct scan, nuclear studies are all helpful but the best test is a cardiac catheterization. The cardiologist will place a small catheter through a groin vessel up to the heart and inject a special dye into the coronary arteries. The pictures will show if there are any blockages or not.

Answered 1/22/2017

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Actually Few/None, : though dominant human behavior. Physicians=trained to wait for advanced disease (http://goo.gl/Blh6rW), largely in this order of ability to detect disease early>late: (1) Calcification in the artery walls, (2) Obstructions visible on coronary angiograms, (3) Symptoms/Evidence of heart damage, typically the last to detect/recognize, (4) Stress tests. A better alternative? Optimize driving factors!

Answered 2/24/2018

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